Lot 254
254
THE PROPERTY OF THOMAS F. OEHRLEIN
A RARE ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE

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A RARE ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
14TH/15TH CENTURY

The elegant slender body painted in strong tones of underglaze blue with a wide panel of deftly painted dense lotus scrolls above a band of upright lappets at the base, the waisted neck with a narrow cell-pattern band below upright pointed leaves, the interior of the mouth decorated with loosely painted buds, rim restored--10 1/2in. (26.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

It is unusual to find yuhuchun ping with white decoration reserved on a blue ground. Compare an example from the Sinclair Collection, painted with a white lotus scroll on a broad blue band, illustrated in the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society Exhibition of the Ceramic Art of Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1971, Catalogue no. 83, and again in Vietnamese Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1982, Catalogue no. 116, where another vase decorated with white clouds against blue is also illustrated, Catalogue no. 115